The company's purpose is to engage, both for its own account and for third parties, in Switzerland and abroad, in the manufacture, marketing, packaging, distribution, and trade of medicines, pharmaceutical and para-pharmaceutical products, pharmacy products, and pharmaceutical equipment, the management and operation of pharmaceutical and biomedical laboratories, medical and chemical production, medical analysis laboratories, chemical analyses, and other biological analyses and products, and all related activities, such as the import and export of all food, dietary, hygiene, and health products, as well as all customer services. Furthermore, the company may acquire, sell, alienate, hold, build, lease, manage, administer, renovate, maintain, repair, negotiate, perform any brokerage, promotion, or enhancement operations concerning real estate, personal property, and securities, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE, carry out all movable or immovable transactions, and participate in all financial and commercial operations. The company may handle all operations that are directly or indirectly related to its main purpose. It may grant or request loans from its shareholders or third parties, guarantee these loans by issuing or pledging mortgage securities or by subscribing to any other financial commitment, as well as pledge its assets to guarantee any claim. The company may create subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, hold and manage financial stakes, carry out all operations, and conclude all contracts aimed at developing and extending its purpose or directly or indirectly related thereto, both in Switzerland and abroad.